Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications: Recent submissions
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Performance Enhancement of Tubular Solar Still With Various Rotating Wicked Materials—An Experimental Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The need for freshwater grows by the day, yet the amount of freshwater accessible worldwide is insufficient to fulfil it. The distillation of saltwater could be a way to meet the demand for freshwater. The current study ... -
Simulation of the Regulation Law of Buildings With Unbalanced Heating by Using the Method of Partition Intermittent Heating
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Central continuous heating is widely used in China. Due to the large heating area, the indoor temperatures of the buildings with the same heat source are quite different, which affects comfort and wastes energy. This paper ... -
Parameter Study of Geometrically Induced Flow Maldistribution in Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Shell and tube heat exchangers (STHEs) are the most common type of heat exchanger in preheat trains (PHT) of oil refineries and in chemical process plants. Most commercial design software tools for STHE assume uniform ... -
Influence of Exhaust Gas Recirculation on Performance, Combustion, and Emission Characteristics of a Common Rail Direct Injection Diesel Engine Fueled by Diesel/Higher Alcohol Blends
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Emission and combustion parameters of common rail direct injection combustion engine with different proportions of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) rate and long-carbon-chain alcohol blends on performance are the main motive ... -
Effect of Freeze Pipe Eccentricity in Selective Artificial Ground Freezing Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Building concentric tubes is one of biggest practical challenges in the construction of freeze-pipes of selective artificial ground freezing (S-AGF) applications for underground mines. In this study, the influence of tubes ... -
Thermal Protection by Integration of Vacuum Insulation Panel in Liquid-Cooled Active Thermal Management for Electronics Package Exposed to Thermal Radiation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Thermal management systems (TMSs) working for electronics packages under harsh environments like intense thermal radiation are challenging due to external thermal interactions. Thermal insulation protection for TMS is very ... -
Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Closed-Loop Two-Phase Thermosyphon System With a Structured Heating Surface
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The present work reports an experimental investigation of heat transfer characteristics of a closed-loop two-phase thermosyphon (CLTPT) system with a structured heating surface. A novel structured heating surface, i.e., ... -
Thermal Response of Dielectric Nanoparticle-Infused Tissue Phantoms During Microwave-Assisted Hyperthermia
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Hyperthermia has been in use for many years, as a potential alternative modality for cancer treatment. In this paper, an experimental investigation of microwave-assisted thermal heating (MWATH) of tissue phantom using a ... -
Assessment of Turbulence Models for Low Reynolds Number Flows and Their Computational Costs, Part 2: Square Prism in Cross Flow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The accuracy of six turbulent flow modeling techniques in an unsteady solution is evaluated against experimental data for a square prism in cross flow. The selected models, shear stress transport (SST), SST-SAS, Reynolds ... -
Assessment of Turbulence Models for Low Reynolds Number Flows and Their Computational Costs, Part 1: Staggered Tube Bank
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This study investigates the accuracy of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models to predict heat transfer in turbulent separated flows at low Reynolds numbers. This article will focus on flow in a staggered tube bank, ... -
Heat Dissipation System Based on Electromagnetic-Driven Rotational Flow of Liquid Metal Coolant
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Liquid metal owns the highest thermal conductivity among all the currently available fluid materials. This property enables it to be a powerful coolant for the thermal management of large power device or high flux chip. ... -
Effect of Spatially Varying Magnetic Field on the Cooling of an Electronic Component by Natural Convection With Magnetic Nanofluids
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Natural convection cooling of an electronic component in an electronic device using water-based Fe3O4 magnetic nanofluids is studied under the presence of the magnetic field. The heated vertical electronic component in an ... -
Thermal Analysis of a Solar Hybrid Dehydrator Designed for Uniform Multi-Product Drying
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Thermal analysis was performed for a vertical cabinet solar hybrid dryer having a salient feature of the perforated sheet along its entire height to achieve uniform drying. The dryer was integrated with a solar collector ... -
Sub-Channel Analysis of a Hexagonal Sub-Assembly: Influence of Blockage and Axial Power Distribution on Critical Heat Flux
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The study of thermal hydraulics of a hexagonal sub-assembly is essential to ensure the safe operation of liquid metal cooled fast reactors. Identifying the dryout location in fuel sub-assembly (FSA) is a precursor to the ... -
An Experimental Study of the Leakage Flow Effect on the Film Cooling Effectiveness of a Gas Turbine Shroud
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In the vicinity of gas turbine blades, a complex flow field is formed due to the flow separation, reattachment, and secondary flows, and this results in a locally non-uniform and high heat transfer on the surfaces. The ... -
Thermoeconomic Analysis of Vapor Compression Refrigeration System With Dedicated Subcooler for High-Temperature Lift Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)A single-stage vapor compression refrigeration system becomes inefficient and impractical when the temperature lift between the evaporator and the condenser becomes large. Under the high-temperature lift, different losses ... -
Thermal Characterization of Building Walls Under Random Boundary Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This work aims to improve the knowledge on dynamic thermophysical characterization of building envelopes by comparing three numerical methods applied on an experimental wall made of masonry brick. The thermal conductivity ... -
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Flow and Heat Transfer in Stationary Two-Pass Rectangular Duct (AR = 1:2) With Continuous and Broken V-Shaped Ribs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The combined experimental and large eddy simulations (LES) were performed in the stationary two-pass duct of aspect ratio (AR) 1:2. The experiments were conducted with three different rib arrangements, namely, 60 deg V, ... -
A Highly Efficient Integrated Silicon-Microchannel Cooler for Multi-Module Electronic Microsystems: Model Design, Optimization, and Performance Validation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Recently, the development trend of multi-module and multi-function in electronic microsystems makes the ever-increasing heat flux problem more serious. In this study, a highly efficient integrated single-phase microchannel ... -
Design and Analysis of a Water-Cooling System in a New Yokeless and Segmented Armature Axial In-Wheel Motor for Electric Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)An in-wheel motor, as a key part of an in-wheel driving system, needs to satisfy strict restrictions on thermal balance for increasingly high-power density in limited space and weight. Therefore, a new in-wheel motor with ...